Guinness Atkinson Expands Global Innovators Into Multi-Class ETF

Guinness Atkinson has updated the Global Innovators Fund to operate as a multi-class fund offering both traditional mutual fund shares and ETF Class Shares under an SEC exemptive order. The supplement clarifies that the mutual fund remains actively managed while adding disclosures on the structure, operational differences, risks, and shareholder rights associated with the ETF share class. It also introduces a future mutual fund-to-ETF conversion privilege, which is authorized but not yet available, alongside enhanced portfolio, country classification, and VIE risk disclosures.